20F.10.20 Compliance.

20F.10.20-010 Compliance with Redmond Community Development Guide Required.

(1)    All land uses, activities, construction, clearing, grading, filling, development, intensification, and structural modifications or alterations shall comply with the Redmond Community Development Guide and all permits granted for the use, activity, construction, clearing, grading, filling, development, intensification, or structural modifications or alterations.

(2)    All permits and approvals shall comply with the Redmond Community Development Guide. No permit or approval shall be issued for any parcel of land developed or divided in violation of the Redmond Community Development Guide.

(3)    All divisions of land shall comply with the Redmond Community Development Guide. Any portion of a lot or lots that was used to calculate compliance with the Redmond Community Development Guide, standards, or regulations shall not be subsequently subdivided or segregated from such lot or lots or sold or transferred separately from such lot or lots.

(4)    All purchasers or transferees of property shall comply with provisions of the Redmond Community Development Guide and all applicable State laws, and each purchaser or transferee may recover his or her damages from any person, firm, corporation, or agent selling, transferring, or leasing land in violation of the Redmond Community Development Guide and all applicable State laws including any amount reasonably spent as a result of inability to obtain any development permit and spent to conform to the requirements of the Redmond Community Development Guide and all applicable State laws as well as cost of investigation, suit, and reasonable attorney’s fees occasioned thereby. Such purchaser, transferor, transferee, or lessor may, as an alternative to conforming his property to these requirements, rescind the sale, transfer, or lease and recover cost of investigation and reasonable attorney’s fees occasioned thereby from the violator. (Ord. 2118)

20F.10.20-020 Violations and Penalties.

(1)    Any person violating any provisions of the Redmond Community Development Guide shall be punished as provided in Redmond Municipal Code (RMC) Chapter 1.14, Enforcement and Penalties.

(2)    Any building, structure, development, activity, land use, or division of land, not in conformance with the Redmond Community Development Guide and not a legal nonconformance, is declared to be unlawful, substandard, and a public nuisance, and is subject to the enforcement and abatement provisions in Chapter 1.14 RMC, Enforcement and Penalties. (Ord. 2118)

20F.10.20-030 Limited Statute of Limitations.

(1)    Applicability. This section shall only apply to violations of the City of Redmond Community Development Guide which involve the construction of new structures other than signs or additions to structures other than signs where all required permits were obtained for the work.

(2)    Except as provided in subsection (3) or (4) of this section, the Code Compliance Officer, City Prosecuting Attorney, or other City official shall have seven years from the date construction is completed to mail or serve a notice and order, restoration order, or civil penalty or to charge a violator with a criminal violation. If no order or penalty has been mailed or served or if a violator has not been charged with a criminal violation within the seven-year limited statute of limitations and the structure is not excluded by subsection (1), (2), or (3) of this section, the structure shall be considered a legal nonconforming structure.

(3)    Where the Administrator finds that the violation may adversely affect the public health, has the potential to increase the likelihood of damage to property or injury to persons who use the structure or nearby premises, or where the violation results in continuing adverse effects on the environment, the statute of limitations in subsection (2) of this section shall not apply to the violation. The Administrator may make this finding either before or after the seven-year period in subsection (2) of this section.

(4)    This limited statute of limitations shall only apply to structures other than signs. This statute of limitations shall not apply to fills other than those normally needed for the construction of structures other than signs. This statute of limitations shall not apply to uses. (Ord. 2118)